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Last night, DBTH ventured way uptown to check out Fish Tail, David Burke's new sustainable fish focused restaurant on East 62nd. The reason? The invite promised free food and drinks, and in this economy, that sounded like a pretty good deal. The place was jammed to the gills (get it?) on our arrival and stayed that way throughout, with Upper East Siders literally jumping out of their seats at the first sight of a waiter with any morsel of food on their tray. At one point, we saw a woman in a fur coat (one of many) grabbing garbage from a bus boy, confusing a napkin for a scallop. Stay classy, y'all. Just when we were ready to give up and head back downtown to normalville, we managed to snag a space at the raw bar and were treated to a cornicopia of oysters and sashimi that made the whole night worthwhile. Thankfully. We departed soon after and walked into a crowd of about 30 uptowners who were standing in the cold, hoping to be let in. David Burke certainly draws a crowd.